This project shows the trends for larceny calls in the City of Fairfax, with the first occurring January 1, 2007 and the last occurring April 30, 2023.

Total Number of Larceny Calls Made Each Day of Week (dow)

The average number of larceny calls made each day is about 1, with 1 or no larceny calls occurring most frequently. This graph is highly skewed to the left showing that lower numbers or more common than higher numbers. Days with 5 or more larceny calls are less frequent than days with less calls. For days where there were no larceny calls made, Sunday has a significantly higher count than the rest of the days of week. After days were only 1 larceny call was made Sunday has the lowest count for larceny calls, showing that Sunday has a lower larceny rate than the rest of the days of week. Since the most frequent number of larceny calls made each day of the week is 1 and 0, it can be assumed that next week everyday will have 1 or 0 larceny calls. It would be unexpected if next week a day had more than 5 larceny calls.

Larceny Calls Made Every Month Since 2007

The average number of larceny calls made per month is 42. Very few months have over 62 larceny calls and most have at least 23 larceny calls. There is no month that has significantly less or more larceny calls than another month, however, December, July, and January account for the top 5 larceny calls made in a month. July has the most and the least number of larceny calls made during a month with most of its larceny call totals being slightly under the average. Most month’s larceny call totals occur around the monthly average, with no clear pattern showing what months are more likely to have more larceny calls than others.